Rent-A-Center v Jacskon

Rent-A-Center v Jacskon has been one of the most closely followed cases in the recent past. The case was pending before the US Supreme Court for some time. The oral arguments took place in April this year. A couple of days back (21 June 2010), the US Supreme Court has delivered the judgement.

The case involves the question as to whether under the Federal Arbitration Act, a district court could decide a claim that the arbitration agreement was unconscionable, when the arbitration agreement explicitly assigned that task to the arbitrator.

In a few days, we will have a detailed post on this case and analyse the Indian position concerning the said question. In the meanwhile, readers can access the judgement from this link.